Mixing apparatus.



No. 364,450. PATENTED AUG. 27, 190?. L. K. DAVIS;

MIXING APPARATUS.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 19, 1906.

WITN SE8: lNVENT R PillENT OFFICE.

LEWIS K. DAVIS, or NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, T RIBBED CONCRETE BUILDING COMPANY,

-A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

MIXING APPARATUS.

"No. se ate;

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 27, 1907.

Application filed May 19, 1906. Serial No. 311,726.

To all whoritz't may concern:

Be it known that I, LEWIS K Diivrs, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of-New York,

in the countyof New York and Started New York, United States'of America, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mixing Apparatus, of

which the following is a specification.-

, My invention relates to an apparatus for conveying.

and'mixing material, and its object is to provide a simple and eff cient arrangement of parts for conveying niaterialsand agitating them or mixing them together. I will describemy invention in the following specification and: point out the novel featurc-s thereof in claims; 1 p I Q Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is aside elevatip n of my improved conveyingand mixing apparatus,

" togetherwith some of its connected parts. Fig. 2 is a side elevatior'i' of some of the parts shown in Fig. 1, the

view being taken at right angles to that shown in Figl l.

. Likecharacters of'reierence designate corresponding "psirts in all of the figures :rotdt'tvtdwihding drums 11 and 1g.

1'13 designates a cable which is connected to the windlddsignates'ahoieting engine which is arranged to drumll and' whiclifiafter passing over, supporting and guiding sheaves 1 1 14, has its other end attached -to'a traveling frame 20. The frame is madeup of a plu- V irality of separate parts fastened together so that they 3 ing. drum 12.and.whicl1 passes over supporting and guiding sheaves 16, 16 and passes around a sheave or may all r'nove together. I ,v

designates a rope which is connected to the windpu1ley30 on a shaft on the traveling frame 20.

The frame 20"is arranged to travel upon and to be supported by stationary guides 21, 21 which, in the present instance, are'shown in a vertical position but which may be horizontal or inclined, if desired.

22, 22-designate bearings which are supported by the frame 20 and in which are mounted trunnions 23, 23. These trunnions are attached to a rotatable recep- 'tacle 25. :The receptacle may be of any desired form or construction; for example, it may be a box in the form of an inclosed cylinder, or it may be iectangular in form. It is providedwith a door 26 over'an opening in one portion of its outer Surface.

' The shaft 305* to which the sheave or pulley 30. is

; ta'ched, as shownat 51, to one of the guides 21, or to attached is supported upon the movable frame 20 and is connected through gearing 31 to the rotatable receptacle 25.

' At 50 a hopper is shown which may be pivotally atsome other part of the supporting structure. designates anotherhopper similarly pivoted at 61.

In the operation of this device the material to be conveyed and mixed may be'first placed in the hopper end of its travel thishopper may be swung around its pivots until its mouth 52 is directly over the door 26in the receptacle 25. When in this position the door 26 may be opened and then the hopper may be allowed to discharge its load into the receptacle 25, after which the door 26 may again 'beclosed and securely fastened. After the receptacle has thus been filled the engine 10 fay be allowed to rotate th'ewinding drum 11 and to oist the movable frame 20. During its travel the sheave or pulley 30 will be rotated by passing up over the portion'of the rope 15 which surrounds it andits rotation will be transmitted through the gearing 31 to the receptacle 25. When the movable frame and its connected parts reach the desired point it may be pivots until it registers with the door 26 in the receptacle 25. The door 26 maythen be opened to allow the contents of the receptacle to be emptied into the receiving hopper 60.. The hopper 60 may then be swung back out of the way and the frame 20 may again be lowered for another load, and this operation may be repeated indefinitely.

independently of the drum 11, and in this case the rope 15- will be driven and its motion will be transmitted mechanism 31 to rotate the receptacle-25. Thus, it may be seen that the receptacle 25 may be rotated either by the movement of the fram'e 20, while the-rope while the frame 20 is held stationary, or by the combined movement ofthe-frame'ZO-and the rope 15. To obtain the rotation of the receptacle 25 it is only necessary that the receptacle and the rope 15 be moved relatively to each otherl r It is obvious that this invention is useful in connection with the hoisting or conveying of concrete, mortar or sand during building operations, and this is one of its advantageous uses. a

When this device is used there is a great saving both both ionconveying the materials and for'mixing them together.;

What I claim istogether, in combination with stationary guides on'which mounted within the frame, a driven rope connected with said frame and arranged to give the frame and the receptacle a reciprocating movement, over the guides, a second rope, and intermediate mechanism including a shaft mounted on the frame connecting the second rope and the receptacle, said second rope and intermediate mechanism through the sheave or pulley 30 and the intermediatev of time and labor, and one engine alone may be used 1. A frame comprising a plurality of parts fastened 50, and when the traveling frame 20 is near the lower stopped and the receiving hopper 60 swungabout its The engine 10 may be made ,to rotate the drum-l2 15 is held stationary, by the-movement of the rope 15 said frame .is adapted to travel, a receptacle rotatably mounted within said frame, a drum with a rope connected being arranged to rotate the receptacle when the frame bearing the receptacle and said second rope are moved relatively said rotation being independent of the reciproeating movement of the receptacle.

2. A movable (rame comprising a plurality of parts fastened together, in combination with stationary guides on which said frame is adapted to travel, a" receptacle to said frame tor-.moving it over the guides, means including a drum, rope and pulleys and gearing connecting one of said pulleys with said receptacle for rotating said receptacle independent of themovement of the frame over said guides, a stationary bearing for one of said pulleys, another of said pulleys being mounted on the frame and connected 'with the receptacle.

3. A frame comprising a plurality of parts fastened together, guides therefor, an engine, two rotatable drums arranged to bedriven by said engine, a receptacle r'otatably mounted within the frame, a 'rope connecting the frame with one of-suid drums and arranged to movethe frame and the receptacle reciprocatinglyover the guides upon the rotation of the first drum, a second rope connected with the other of the drums, intermediate mechan-' ism comprising a pulley mounted on a shaft journaledin the frameaud carrying a gear connectlngwitlr the receptacle, said second rope being associated with" said pulley LEWIS K. DAVIS.

Witnesses Exmasr W. Mansnann, ELLA Teen. 

